The weight of the Air and stock sheer speed of the SSD trumps the upgradibility of the cMBP.

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SSD might be fast but it isn't like you can add a 2TB hard drive on could you? It isn't like you can actually add a second hard drive by removing the optical drive? Also that you can upgrade the RAM your self at any time.

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The MBA is not built for speed so the MBP's performance should exceed that of the MBA. The expandability of the MBP will give you options down the road. That is you don't have to lock in a configuration at time of purchase.

With that said I like the MBA over the MBP at this point given the battery life and portability.

It all boils down to what's more important to you, portability and size or expandability.

do not get cMBP 13" as the screen and its screen estate is not good enough for your kind of work...
if i where in your shoes and with that money limit i would go for Base Refurbished cMBP 15" or Anti-Glare 15" cMBP via Apple Resellers...

as you would have bigger screen which would help you to do your work
also 15" have better screen resolution
and also you could upgrade the ram currently up to 16GB of ram ( or even up to 32GB of ram if 16GB dimms get released to fit in macbook ) vs 8GB of ram how much macbook air offers max

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